Dover.

This is the closest place to mainland Europe in mainland England.

Ma Whistle and Kelvin came to Dover, naturally, for the ongoing work on the erection of the cross-sea cable.

Compared to the beginning, GE finally had the appearance of a company, with a group of engineers and telegraph operators, mainly the latter, who were the basis for the company's subsequent business operations.

The telegraph operator at this time was like a programmer at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

They don't work like factory workers, but they sit in clean rooms, wear decent clothes, and hit the buttons, and they get paid a lot of money.

At this moment, the staff of Ma Whistle, Kelvin and General Electric Company are in full swing in the telegraph station to adjust the telegraph.

"If nothing else, it will take another hour at most, and the cable from the French side will be working." Ma Whistle said.

Kelvin: "Hope it's all the best. Having said that, this cross-sea cable is really not cheap, and I don't know how long it will take for the company to pay for itself. ”

"It won't be long." "As long as the telegraph is connected, the company will be crowded with customers who want to send telegrams every day. ”

Telegrams are very expensive, not to mention cross-sea telegrams, and a few words of telegram can cost an average person an entire month's income.

Despite this, the telegraph business was not worried, and it was becoming more and more prosperous. Speculative businessmen, in particular, are simply trivial for a few pounds to deliver news for a few pounds for those who have made their fortunes on information asymmetry.

When ordinary people encounter urgent matters, they are also willing to spend some money to send a short telegram such as "Father is sick, come back quickly".

Ma Whistle: "Moreover, when the news of the success of the transatlantic telegraph is publicized, we will strike while the iron is hot and present the blueprint of the transoceanic telegraph to the people, and the company will be able to sell some of the shares at a wonderful price, which can be exchanged for a lot of money." ”

Kelvin asked, "How long do you think it will take for a transoceanic telegraph to be realized?" You should know that for thousands of miles of transoceanic cables, our current scheme is not going to work. ”

"It's true that it's much harder to get a cable across the Atlantic than it is to cross the English Channel." The whistle must admit that even with him and Kelvin present, it will still be a challenge to realize the transatlantic cable.

This kind of mega-engineering involves all aspects of the field, and it is easy to be bound by the framework of the times. If nothing else, thousands of miles of cable, transportation is not an easy task.

Even if you only consider money, throwing a hundred thousand pounds at it is just a conservative estimate.

If Ma Hou had been the ruler of England, he would have included this project in a five-year plan.

"But in any case, it is still enough to attract investment......"

Just then, an engineer shouted, "The telegram is connected!" ”

"Connected!" The people at the telegraph station were excited.

Soon, they received a greeting from across the English Channel.

The skilled telegraph operator quickly translated the code like a simultaneous interpreter: "This is the Calais telegraph station, please reply when you receive it." ”

The well-designed submarine cables of the Horse Whistle and Kelvin worked as well as the cables on land, allowing the telegraph operator to clearly distinguish the incoming signal.

After several attempts, the submarine lines in Dover and Calais were confirmed to be unimpeded, and the cross-sea cable project was a complete success.

"We made it!" Many of the telegraph operators were excited, they felt that they had witnessed history.

The horse whistle also smiled, and commanded: "Send a telegram to London at once, and tell the queen and the princess the news." ”

"Also, inform the major newspapers that GE has successfully built the world's first cross-sea cable, and is planning a transatlantic cable to connect the two continents!"

In fact, the news did not have to be spread deliberately - the newspaper was one of the important customers of the telegraph station.

In the most developed place in the world, Britain, all newspapers that are a little pursuing will use telegraphs to deliver important news, and will mark "telegraph news" in newspapers to show the importance and urgency of the news.

Readers also ate this set, and were attracted as soon as they saw the words "Telegram" in large size.

So in just a few days, the success of the cross-sea cable spread throughout Europe.

General Electric, a small company that has just been established for a short time and is not well known, has also become a top-notch star enterprise, attracting much attention, adding another fire to the telegraph craze.

When the news reached London, Ma Shou soon received a reply from the King of England, asking him to go to the audience.

Soon after.

Buckingham Palace.

Horse Sentry met Queen Victoria and Prince Albert again.

"You're doing a great job, Horse Whistle, this cross-sea cable is more successful than I thought." Prince Albert praised enthusiastically almost as soon as they met, "The cable makes the obstructions of the English Channel insignificant." ”

Queen Victoria also smiled and said: "Now we can get news from Europe as long as we stay in London." ”

Ma Whistle said a few modest words and was polite.

Just when the guests and hosts are happy.

Prince Albert suddenly changed his words and said: "When the United States and Mexico were at war before, I received a protest that the Americans believed that Britain had violated patent law by selling revolvers to Mexico through Indian intermediaries......

The horse whistle lowered his head, and his expression could not see the change.

Prince Albert looked at him and continued: "At first I did think that some British company did it, and I never considered the possibility that the Indians themselves made and sold the revolvers. ”

He paused: "It wasn't until recently that I realized that it didn't seem impossible to have a genius scientist as a big chief—like you, especially when I knew that the Indians were selling pistols that were even more advanced than Colt." ”

Ma Sentry was silent for half a second, and confessed: "You guessed it right, it is indeed a revolver produced by my clan itself. ”

"Why?" Prince Albert asked.

"In order to fight for more chances of survival." "Although there are no good memories between the Apache and the Mexicans, we don't want the Americans to have complete control over the places where we live......"

Prince Albert nodded: "I have to admit that for you, this is indeed a good choice, although it is a pity that the Americans still won the war, but they also suffered a lot." However, when you hint that you have a British company behind you, have you considered the impact on the UK? ”

"I'm sorry for that, Prince." Ma Whistle said.

Prince Albert waved his hand and said slowly: "Actually, it's not a big deal, and I don't mind making the increasingly arrogant Americans suffer...... In general, of course, it's better not to go overboard. ”

Whistle: "I understand that, at the end of the day, Apache's goal is just to survive. ”

Prince Albert looked at him, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Will you become a knight?" ”